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NATIONALKorea pushes to raise cap on maximum weekly work hours
한국, 주당 최대 근로시간 상한선 올려
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Labor Minister Lee Jeong-sik announces a set of measures to reform the country's workweek system at Government Complex in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap이정식 고용노동부 장관이 월요일 정부서울청사에서 근로시간 제도 개편 방안을 발표하고 있다. 연합
Labor Minister Lee Jeong-sik announces a set of measures to reform the country's workweek system at Government Complex in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap
이정식 고용노동부 장관이 월요일 정부서울청사에서 근로시간 제도 개편 방안을 발표하고 있다. 연합

By Jun Ji-hye


The pro-business Yoon Suk Yeol administration seeks to extend a mandatory 52-hour cap on the workweek, introduced by the previous Moon Jae-in government, following long-standing complaints raised by employers over what they claim is a lack of flexibility of working hours and difficulties in meeting deadlines.
친기업적 윤석열 정부는 근무시간 유연성 부족과 마감시한 준수의 어려움을 호소한 고용주들의 오래된 불평을 반영해 전 문재인 정권이 도입한 주52시간 근로제를 연장하려고 한다.


The core of the revised measures announced by the government, Monday, is to enable companies to increase the maximum weekly work hours to 69 and allow workers to take longer vacations.
월요일 정부가 발표한 개편안의 핵심은 기업의 주당 최대 근로시간을 69시간으로 늘리고 근로자의 휴식시간을 연장하는 것이다.


While business circles welcomed the announcement, the government's move to overhaul the workweek system is expected to face resistance due to objections from opposition parties as well as labor groups.
재계에서는 이번 발표를 환영했지만 정부의 주간 근로시간 개편 움직임은 야당과 노동계의 반발에 부딪힐 전망이다.


The government announced the measures after a meeting presided over by Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho.
정부는 이날 추경호 기획재정부 장관 주재로 회의를 갖고 대책을 발표했다.


The existing workweek system was introduced in 2018 by the liberal president at the time to reduce the maximum work hours from 68 hours to 52 per week ― 40 regular hours with 12 hours of possible overtime.
기존 주간근로제는 2018년 당시 진보진영 대통령이 주당 최대 근로시간을 주 68시간에서 52시간으로, 즉 정규근무 40시간에 초과근무 12시간으로 줄이기 위해 도입되었다.


Businesses have complained that there were no sufficient guidelines customizable to each industry, although the characteristics of each differ. Under the existing system, employers face criminal punishment if even one employee works for one more hour than the mandatory 52 hours a week.
기업들은 업종마다 특성이 다른데도 맞춤형 지침이 부족하다는 불만을 토로했다. 기존 제도에서는 근로자 1명이라도 1주일에 52시간 의무근로보다 1시간이라도 더 일하면 사업주가 형사처벌을 받는다.


The government concluded that managing overtime solely on a weekly basis has been irrational and decided to allow companies to manage extra work hours also on a monthly, quarterly, semiannual or yearly basis.
정부는 연장근로시간을 주 단위로만 관리하는 것은 불합리하다고 판단하고 월, 분기(3개월), 반기(6개월), 연 기준으로 확대하기로 했다.


This will extend the maximum weekly work hours to 69, according to the government, enabling employees to choose more hours during weeks with heavy workloads and fewer hours during weeks with less work.
정부는 주당 최대 근로시간을 69시간으로 늘려 직원들이 업무량이 많은 주에는 더 긴 시간을 선택하고 일이 적은 주에는 더 적은 시간을 선택할 수 있다고 밝혔다.


In a bid to guarantee long vacations, such as a one-month holiday, the government decided to introduce the so-called "working hours savings system," so employees can save vacations created from their overtime work and combine them with their annual holidays.
정부는 1개월 휴가 등 장기 휴가를 보장하기 위해 직원들이 야근으로 생긴 휴가를 모아 연차휴가와 합칠 수 있는 이른바 '근로시간저축계좌제'도 도입할 예정이다.


KEY WORDS
■ mandatory 법에 정해진, 의무적인
■ cap 한도
■ long-standing 오래된
■ revise (계획을) 변경[수정]하다
■ circle ~계[사회]
■ overhaul (시스템을) 점검[정비]하다
■ preside over ~의 사회를 보다
■ liberal 진보적인
■ irrational 비논리적인
■ overtime 초과 근무

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